FAOSTAT Emissions Totals provides greenhouse gas emissions data from agriculture and forest land. Estimates cover methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by country, with global coverage from 1961 to 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2050. The database is maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and updated annually.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in N2O emissions by country over time to assess the impact of agricultural policies.
- Model aggregate CO2 equivalent emissions using IPCC AR5 global warming potentials for cross-gas comparisons.
- Benchmark a country's farm-gate emissions against regional or global averages using the provided estimates.
- Project future agricultural emissions for 2030 and 2050 based on historical data and provided projections.
Strengths
- Global country-level coverage for a 59-year period from 1961 to 2019.
- Includes forward-looking projections for 2030 and 2050 for some emission categories.
- Data computed using IPCC Tier 1 methodology ensuring standardized estimation.
Limitations
- Specific row and column counts are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.
- Projections to 2030 and 2050 are not available for all emission categories.
- Data for some categories only covers the period from 1990, not the full 1961 range.
Provenance
- Source
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT).
- Collection Method
- Computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
- Time Range
- 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 (1990–2019 for some categories).
- Freshness
- Updated annually.
- Geography
- Global coverage by country.